Various Artists- Eccentric Soul: The Forte Label (Various Artists)
From 1967-1980, Kansas City's Forte Records captured nearly every iteration of popular Black music; basement beehiver-y from The Ray-Ons and Four Darlings, funky soul from Gene Williams Lee Harris, Louis Chachere, and The Fantastiks, downtempo disco ballads from James Whitney and Sharon Revoal, and the newly independent work of James Brown's former Soul Sister #1 Marva Whitney. Compiled here are 28 of the label's enduring sides, con- textualized with copious photos, ephemera, and essay, all housed in heavy weight gatefold jacket. Who knows how to do "The Hen"?
Track List
- Don't Let Your Love Fade Away
- I'm Gonna Get Your Thing
- I'm Gonna Get You
- The Hen Part I
- Cry Night and Day
- I've Lived the Life
- Mini Mini Afro Twist
- I'll Never Be Satisfied
- You Confuse Me Baby
- Baby Your Love Is Amazing
- Lookin' Good
- Daddy Don't Know About Sugar Bear
- Whatever You Do (Do It Good)
- Is It Really That Bad?
- Baby Be Good
- All Along I've Loved You
- I've Got to Have Somebody's Love
- Super Black
- With Fun in My Life
- Reaching for Our Star
- Nothing I'd Rather Be (Than Your Weakness)
- Give Me Love
- Dearest Lover
- Live and Let Live
- You Gotta Be Doing It
- Skate Boogaloo and Karate Too
- Don't Fade Away
- We Need More
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From 1967-1980, Kansas City's Forte Records captured nearly every iteration of popular Black music; basement beehiver-y from The Ray-Ons and Four Darlings, funky soul from Gene Williams Lee Harris, Louis Chachere, and The Fantastiks, downtempo disco ballads from James Whitney and Sharon Revoal, and the newly independent work of James Brown's former Soul Sister #1 Marva Whitney. Compiled here are 28 of the label's enduring sides, con- textualized with copious photos, ephemera, and essay, all housed in heavy weight gatefold jacket. Who knows how to do "The Hen"?
Track List
- Don't Let Your Love Fade Away
- I'm Gonna Get Your Thing
- I'm Gonna Get You
- The Hen Part I
- Cry Night and Day
- I've Lived the Life
- Mini Mini Afro Twist
- I'll Never Be Satisfied
- You Confuse Me Baby
- Baby Your Love Is Amazing
- Lookin' Good
- Daddy Don't Know About Sugar Bear
- Whatever You Do (Do It Good)
- Is It Really That Bad?
- Baby Be Good
- All Along I've Loved You
- I've Got to Have Somebody's Love
- Super Black
- With Fun in My Life
- Reaching for Our Star
- Nothing I'd Rather Be (Than Your Weakness)
- Give Me Love
- Dearest Lover
- Live and Let Live
- You Gotta Be Doing It
- Skate Boogaloo and Karate Too
- Don't Fade Away
- We Need More
Shop online 24/7 at Darkside Records.
Follow us on Instagram.